Crash Course Games - Games

In 29 episodes, Andre Meadows will teach you about games! This course was developed with The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell as a main reference text. By the end of this course, you will be able to: * Comprehend, interpret, and analyze texts, games, animations, and imagery * Discuss game-related problems and solutions in group settings * Contextualize games according to historical period and psychological underpinnings * Understand how games are developed and how consoles and companies change over time * Apply concepts to particular games and to examples from everyday life

• S1 E1 - What is a Game?

• S1 E2 - Ancient Games

• S1 E3 - The Dawn of Video Games

• S1 E4 - Atari and the Business of Video Games

• S1 E5 - The First Home Consoles

• S1 E6 - Season 1

• S1 E7 - Nintendo and a New Standard for Video Games

• S1 E8 - Sega and More Mature Video Games

• S1 E9 - Playstation and More Immersive Video Games

• S1 E10 - Microsoft and Connected Consoles

• S1 E11 - Casual Gaming

• S1 E12 - MMORPGs

• S1 E13 - Card Games

• S1 E14 - Board Games

• S1 E15 - Educational Games

• S1 E16 - Psychology of Gaming

• S1 E17 - The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports

• S1 E18 - Role-playing Games

• S1 E19 - Game Design

• S1 E20 - PC Gaming

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